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TheCalzoneMan

@ TheCalzoneMan @beehaw.org

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Just a dog chasing cars. Varied and various hobbies, including but not limited to: rock climbing, ttrpgs, reading, cooking, leatherworking, ceramics, model-building, wargaming, video-gaming, brewing, etc., etc.

  • Pizza, people

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  • Switch to calzones, they're better.

  • Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China

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  • The only thing stopping them is their own incompetency. Truly a thin wall, but as their older generations start dying off we'll see that wall broken down.

  • House Votes to Oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker: Live Updates - The New York Times

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  • Which, as history shows, is a tenuous proposition at best.

  • California orders bottled water firm to stop drawing from natural springs

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  • Oh nO! noT SocIAliSm!

  • Elon Musk Suggests He Will Charge All X/Twitter Users a Fee to Be on the Platform

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  • Would it be pronounced "sh-it" or "z-it"?

  • Elon Musk Suggests He Will Charge All X/Twitter Users a Fee to Be on the Platform

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  • Quick, tell him that on Twitter! Maybe he'll actually do it and we'll finally be rid of his godawful grandstanding.

  • Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom

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  • They did. It's called the Vita and it's still amazing even after Sony dumped it. I have one a friend cracked for me, and any game I could possibly want to play runs at a crisp 50 fps with no fluctuation. If only they had marketed it better.

  • Florida Expected to Approve Classical Exam as a Competitor to the SAT

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  • It's kind of wild to think about, that the brain drain that happened to Russia with the rest of Europe in the 1950s is now happening between states here in the US.

  • Japan launches moon lander and X-ray observatory

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  • I'm pretty sure this has something to do with using the Moon as a jumping-off point to the rest of the solar system. Assuming we can get a functioning colony on the Moon, it will be significantly easier and cheaper to get to Mars and potentially other planets as well. This might just be something I heard from a friend of a friend though, so don't quote me on it.

  • Engineers Just Made Concrete 30% Stronger. The Secret Ingredient? Coffee.

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  • And I've already reported it as misinformation. Nice when a website lets you report stuff without having an account.

  • Programming @beehaw.org
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    How to Linux?

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    Mint Mobile: Good or Bad?

  • Kev Quirk, one of the admins of Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance), destroys Meta in an email exchange.

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  • The people who would use a Meta variant will use it, and people like us will not. This reminds me of the interview with the Mexican restaurant that spawned Taco Bell. The lady who owned it essentially said, "I'm glad he (the founder of Taco Bell) was able to take our teachings and turn it into something. Good for him." If they build proprietary code, that's nice. ActivityPub will still be the same open-source code it's always been, and all of the Fediverse stuff will still exist. It kinda sucks that Meta is trying to make it seem like they're the good guys, but in the end there isn't much they can do to the already established stuff beyond make their own.

    Edit: also, if they do try anything, we at least have previous data and most of the people who care about freedom to privacy here that I'm sure we could come up with something. We're not getting blindsided like with Google and XMPP back in the day.

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: the first-ever Beehaw Community Survey!

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  • I don't see why it wouldn't go to Tabletop. If tags ever get added in, it would be better to have actual-play stuff on a tabletop-specific community, since we're the ones who will care specifically about that kind of medium.

    Edit: forgot to be specific

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: the first-ever Beehaw Community Survey!

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  • Hooray Tabletop! I mentioned it in my sign-up, but I am really looking forward to having a dedicated space to talk about TTRPGs, mini-wargaming, and the like. Hopefully it gets added to the list.

  • I got a job interview! Any tips??

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  • Assuming this is a corporate job, come up with a couple questions for your interviewer. Get them talking about the company and they'll remember you as a good listener. My usual go-to questions are:

    • "What's the company culture like?"

    • "What aspect of the company do you see as the most enjoyable?"

    • "Why did you chose to work for the company, and what's made you stay?"

    Questions like that. Try to make it personal and specific, since it's usually the hiring manager that you're interviewing with. You can write them down and bring them with you; as long as you're bringing multiple copies of your resume, you can stash the questions at the bottom of the stack.

    If it isn't a corporate position, then it depends. I can't answer for those since I've only done labor and corporate, so I don't now how to interview for technical or artistic positions. I would assume make sure you have your portfolio on hand, though be careful about doing on-site consultations since you would be giving them designs for free and they have no obligation to hire you after that. If they try to do that to you, do not continue the interview with them. Just thank them for their time and leave.

  • James Cameron reacts sub implosion: 'I'm struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself'

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  • Life always finds a way. At least until the moon has drifted so far from our orbit that our atmosphere is no longer sustainable and the oceans boil off the surface of the planet.

  • Researcher Who Coined 'Cis' Reacts To Elon Musk Labeling It 'A Slur'

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  • Join Mastodon! It's smaller, but growing. And not owned by anyone, much less a baby in a suit.

  • American Neo-Nazi Leader found dead after trying to shut down Drag Queen Story Hour | Boing Boing

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  • I disagree with your disagreement. If they're dead, they can't suffer.

  • What do you do immediately after finishing a book?

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  • Same. It's also helpful in remembering the plot later if there's a sequel or two. The only time I don't do this is when I know I'll want to re-read the book later, so I will actively try to forget parts of the book. That way, it's a fresh (well, fresher) read when I get back to it.

  • Defederation from instances suspected of becoming bots haven

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  • And then users from inside Beehaw could request federation maybe?

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